Glass by Ellen Hopkins

Glass by Ellen Hopkins is the sequel to Crank. Glass takes off where Crank ends, with Kristina living at home with her parents and her new baby. For awhile, things are OK. Kristina falls into a pattern at home and everything is fine. She feels the constant pull to crystal meth, but is able to stay away from it, especially since she doesn't really have any connections in her home town. That all falls apart when she reconnects with her old friend's sister. Suddenly Kristina is thrown back into her wild ways and is even letting her alter-ego, Bree, show her ugly side. After nearly missing her own son's baptism and falling into a sleep so deep that she didn't wake up to his screams when he rolled under a chair, Kristina's family has had enough. They kick her out of the house, telling her she is not allowed to come home until she is clean. Unfortunately, this was not the "wake-up-call" they were hoping for. Kristina continues to spiral downward and it appears there is no net to catch her.

I liked this book almost better than Crank. It was just the thing to answer my question, "Then what happened?" This book is definitely for a mature audience due to the drug use and physical scenes. From what I know about meth users, this book seems to do a good job showing what life is like for the user, family, and friends - tragic.